For a few years now, I’ve been considering writing a self-published book stemming from this blog, but I need some information from you first before I embark on such a ridiculous adventure. Below is a survey which will help me out a lot as I make my decision. Would you mind taking like 5 seconds out of your day to answer a few questions?
If so: you rule. If not: that’s okay too (dick). But as you answer, please assume the following:
- The book would contain 100% sarcastic humor, just like this blog.
- It would tell the story beginning from the moment my German wife and I met in the United States, right on up to today, as we live together in Hannover, Germany.
- It would contain several of my wife’s very best Denglish quotes. (A ‘greatest hits’ type section, if you will.)
- It would weave my most traumatic culture shock experiences throughout the story.
- It would NOT be a simple regurgitation of the posts you’ve already read on this blog.
- It would be completely hilarious. (I hope. Because if it’s not, I will throw myself off the nearest bridge.)
With these things in mind, here we go!
That’s it! So, uh… thank you very much for your time!
Oh, and if you can think of anything else I’ve forgotten or might consider in terms of self-publishing, please leave me a note in the comments section below.
Have an awesome week everyone! YEAH!!
— OGM
Oh God, My Wife Is German. 
I would actually hold on self-publish. Get it polished up and submit to German and American publishers. Memoirs about ex-pat should have a niche audience. But you also have the reader and web presence to make the effort worthwhile for a publisher to look at your work. It may end up digitally self-published after all.
But shopping around would give you feedback on what sales a book in both cultures, too. There’s steps to take, of course. But it’d also keep the costs lower on your end, too.
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I would rethink “sarcastic”, to avoid to end up a.o. in Schadenfreude. Cryptic humor probably better received.
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